And just hours before the National Assembly, Bulgaria's 240-seat unicameral parliament, was set to vote on the government, Bulgarian prosecutors announced they would also call for Petkov's ...

Two Eastern European nations, Romania and Bulgaria, became full members of the European Schengen Area on January 1, 2025. The two countries, which both joined the European Union in 2007, ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria is close to realizing its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe.

Bulgaria and Romania, EU members since 2007, had long sought Schengen membership, with their bids supported by a 2011 recommendation from the European Commission.

Bulgaria is ready to adopt the euro on Jan. 1, 2026, after meeting all necessary criteria, the European Commission announced on Wednesday in its 2025 Convergence Report.

Bulgaria and Romania’s GDP per capita rank below the European Union average of €37,600. Bulgaria’s GDP per capita is just €24,200 whilst Romania’s is only €30 000.

Bulgaria, situated in the eastern Balkans, has been undergoing a slow and painful transition to a market economy since the end of Communist rule. A predominantly Slavonic-speaking, Orthodox ...